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- word choice - Do I have ‘a family of five’ or ‘a family of six . . .
Without including the speaker, you get the odd situation where the family size depends on the speaker If I am in a family of six people, not including the speaker would suggest that I have a family of five, my wife and I have a family of four, while the children have a family of two
- I have 4 people in my family vs I have 5 people in my family
I have four people in my family There are five people in my family I have excludes the person doing the having This may be a convention, but it can be rationalised by considering that one does not have oneself: one can only have something else There are is an "external" count and so will include everyone
- grammaticality - Four years are vs. four years is - English . . .
Four years [ are is ] a long time to spend away from family and friends You have several things happening here: The main clause is a copular clause A subject that is realized by a measure phrase ("Four years") A predicative complement (PC) that is a singular noun phrase ("a long time ") Copular clauses seem to have their own rules (my personal opinion), and a native English speaker
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Not getting an answer online, or in Patrick Hanks’ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland I do get this from Wells, J C (2000), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary: Odd pronunciations of proper names – examples: there are four recorded pronunciations of Featherstonhaugh: ˈfɛð ərst ən hɔː (Featherstonhaw)
- Can the eldest sibling of three males call his younger brother my . . .
I think saying "the older of my brothers" would imply the middle brother in a family of exactly three; "the oldest of my brothers" would imply the second-oldest in a family of at least three, and probably at least four, brothers
- semicolons - Commas when listing family members? - English Language . . .
Help, I can't find the answer anywhere! Tom has three brothers and one sister When listing them, how do you punctuate? My instinct is to do it this way: Tom has three brothers, John, Edward, and
- etymology - Why is a meals main course referred to as entree in the . . .
In the “ideal’ four-course meal for the Queen voted on for a BBC contest in 2006, the four courses are described as: Starter, Fish Course, Main Course, and Dessert Entree is a word that has changed its meaning through the centuries, in French as it has in British and American English
- my [young younger youngest] sisters - English Language Usage . . .
A friend of mine has a big family She is a Chinese girl, and has five sisters, who are all younger than she She wants to know how to introduce her five sisters To make it easy to understand, I
- How does one determine if something is Modern or not?
The Merriam Webster English dictionary offers a good understanding of how this word works Definition (Entry 1 of 2) 1a :of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past: CONTEMPORARY the modern American family 1b :of, relating to, or characteristic of a period extending from a relevant remote past to the present time modern history 2 :involving recent techniques
- Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings?
Supper is the main meal for a family at end of the day Dinner is a more formal term for the end of the day meal which usually includes the accompanying of friends, a date, business partners, or persons other than just family and usually included cocktails prior to the meal
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